Yay! Twentieth Chapter! I wanted to release this on the 20th, but you know, I couldn't type fast enough. :P Last chapter! Enjoy!

Commencing: Fanfiction: Ouroboros: Chapter 20: Epilogue

Epilogue

"You're lucky to be alive, you know, Vie Aetern."

"I know." Aetern grunted, fidgeting slightly. Steel ropes cut into his wrists, biting them every time he moved. "And don't call me by that. I have no name."

"Very well. Back to my point, you owe us."

"I know." Aetern frowned. He hated when he owed people something. His tattered pirate hat sat atop of his head, and his eyes, brilliant blue, searched the darkened room for the speaker. He turned towards the (estimated) direction of the speaker and snarled. "What do you want?"

"A favor." Came the reply. "I need you to grant my captain his desire. You are not after all a Ganbo Ganbo Man?"

Aetern let loose a raspy laugh. "It'll take more than my life to grant you a favor. It wastes my entire energy. Last time I granted a desire, I couldn't move at all, much less use my powers. It's probably the most dangerous ability in the world, and I've stared Death in the eye so many times that I know better."

"Sources say that the amount of energy you lose from granting a desire depends on how extreme the desire is. Correct?"

"Yes,"

"Then perhaps only a few day's of coma will be the consequence of my captain's wish."

"Tell me and I'll see."

"The captain wants revenge on a group of pirates that wounded his pride. With granting our wish for revenge, you will also help us return with more power than before." The voice said.

Aetern was silent for a while. "I'm not sure about that." He said slowly. "I've never used my powers to take revenge on someone, and with that whole lot of it piled up."

"But will you try for us?" The voice returned to its normal volume, a hint of desperation in it. "We have a lot to offer."

"Depends." Aetern shrugged.

"We have money, food, girls, everything you need. We will assure you a luxurious life if you agree to our terms. Besides, you granted your desire for immortality, no? It only weakened you for a few years, correct?"

"It got annoying though, so I cancelled it a few month's ago. It doesn't count. And I have no interest in money or anything."

"Then what do you want?"

"I want revenge, like you. Though I want it on a specific person. The person who wounded my pride."

"Very well." The voice failed to hide its triumph. "After we have fulfilled our revenge, we will accompany you to avenge your pride."

"Fine, but listen here, I am to get him all to myself, alright?"

"Yes," The voice paused for a moment. "The captain says he wants you as a crewmate. He is willing to give you everything."

"A pirate?" Aetern cocked an eyebrow. "Pirates were hated in my days."

"Yet you were like a pirate, no? Killing off people and torturing them for the sake of being unhurt."

Aetern laughed. "I believe you are correct. Very well, I join your crew."

"Very well, and as the navigator of the crew, I welcome you." A light flickered on, and finally Aetern got a clear view of his surroundings, and interrogator.

He was sitting in a rather luxurious room, with plushy sofas and soft carpets. Tapestries of different kinds hung from the walls, portraits of a handsome yet cold looking man.

The navigator had periwinkle blue hair, cropped slightly, and green eyes. A striped bandanna hung from across his chest, and he wore a purple vest embroidered with gold patterns, and blue pants. A cutlass and a pistol hung from his waist, and a Log Post dangled from his neck. He untied the steel cuffs that held Aetern and helped him up.

" 'Periwinkle Hazard' John Avery, second mate of the Devil Pirates." Avery held out a hand and Aetern shook it. "Pleased to meet you, crewmate Aetern."

"Don't call me by that." Aetern growled, and he tightened his grip on Avery's hand.

"Very well, Aetern, but mind you, now I will treat you not as a prisoner, but a crewmate." Avery smiled, and Aetern gasped as the bones in his hand broke. "Oh, dear, Aetern. Bring yourself to our doctor, Remei, after our session. He has a knack for broken bones. "

"It's not over yet?" Aetern plopped himself onto a sofa and sank into it.

"Nearly." Avery said. "I need to explain our plan to you, and then our sniper, Becadell will show you around."

As if on cue, the door creaked open and a girl with striped black hair tied in a ponytail, no more than twenty years old peeked in. Her brown eyes rested upon Avery and she scowled. "I heard my name. Are you bastards done yet?" She pulled out a gun and aimed it at Avery.

"Not yet, Becadell," Avery said calmly and raised his hand. Becadell dropped the gun, her fingers twisted and snapped. "Go see Remei, why don't you?"

Aetern shuddered. Just what type of monster was Avery? And if the second mate was so strong, then how strong must the captain be?

"Ah," Avery said. "She got me again."

"Huh?"

Avery showed him the hand he raised. A huge gaping hole was in it, and by peering into the hole; Aetern could see the wall behind it.

Around twenty bullets were imbedded in the wall, still smoking.

Avery laughed at Aetern's expression. "The Devil Pirates, as our name implies, are a group of pirates who have eaten powerful devil fruit powers. We get an advantage when fighting, but I tell you, our sworn enemy is thunderstorms." He laughed and stopped when Aetern didn't. He shook his head. "Sorry, Becadell distracted me for a moment. About the plan,"

Aetern drifted off for a moment as Avery droned on and on about the plan. He looked lazily at the portraits of the man, nursing his broken hand.

"Aetern, are you following?" Avery's voice shook him out of his daydream.

"Uh, yeah."

"Alright, as I was saying,"

"Wait," Aetern realized there was something he didn't know yet. "What's the name of the pirates you guys-er, we, are taking revenge on?"

"Oh," Avery smiled. "These are their bounty posters," He took a stack of bounty posters from his vest, and flipped through them, showing every one of them to Aetern. "Alright, so are you listening to the plan?"

A smile crept onto Aetern's face. "I'm listening."

The bounties posters were that of the Straw Hat Crew.

End

Hmmmmm~ I'm thinking sequel... How about you? So in this chapter, we find out who the guy (Ganbo Ganbo Man)'s name is: Vie Aetern. Vie means life in I'm not sure what language, and Aetern means eternal in I'm not sure what language. And I just completely made the Devil Pirates up. I'm scared of Avery... R. G. A!

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